The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-08-20


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armed with -.
The imI '.oe
~ ~ ~ >, The 2
.l1L. e con-
no time
80 close on
lIs' 'hf slad he
5 s:Jn,a Is though
a !. hake him
e.0 W. II las this, he
~. ~ lf, once he
""s his hands,
%da than other
lsk was at an
We slf well out of
GU er of the four
!: !. and recognize
u \ the end of it.
ennings were not
nags," he called
ell fed beasts, who
Though they were
behind them.
|etly, won't you, Dud- |
ling had said nervously |
7ot as you do on that
Remember, now like
y smiled grimly to him.
along at funeral pace.
Elf to him that if he laid
hnd gave them their own
would go as well as he
hem. But fortunately he
h this experiment and conse-
arrived safely at the house
Park-lane, where the unknown s
|as to be picked up.
as they drew up there the hall f
opened and tall slight figure d
I'm an eastern shawl ran down to t
'riage. Il
last | was quite afraid something
|hppened." The voice was girlsh and s.
Sweet and had curious vibration in "
ht thrilled the hearer A servant fol- N
FED her to open the carriage door, and h
lille he was doing it Dare caught a u
lnpse of her face. I'll
Such an exquisite face Arch vet ten
firm yet soft. He had no time to til
crltlclse any special feature, so quickly she II
turned away and was swallowed up by the m
carriage; but he knew her eyes were as dark to
as her hair, and that if he lived forever he co
Ele should never be able to forget that one bu
Iose sweet glimpse tn
JUG He heard, as if in dream, some one ale
!. teiing him to go on again, and still in ore
" ue- dream he pursued his way through the de.
'ne amp-llt streets, and presently drew up be- TIT
on lore an open doorway that shone more tru
Inu brilliantly than its companions on either to
CT. side. he watched her from his post of tim
esI vantage walk up the carpeted steps and dis
az appear into the hall, and Was conscious of get
distinct blank when the envious walls hid wat
MS her from his sight, ' hall
'0' another carriage coming up obliged him carr
70 take tho horses out of the way, or prob sacr
hn \
~ "oy lc woulu even now have been staring aga
Y, at the steps up which she had gone. cir her
! kcumstances. however, were too many for n
= hihy ne was compelled to retire speed slow
IL HH/ with as little consideration for the kno
~ 2Soorn Ieelings that had sprung to life loud
Tie Shin him as though he were in truth the bell
'at lreling he simulated. How he got delic
Through the next few hours he never after cam,
l. 1; "ald remembered. All he could think of agai
y was this one fair woman; this Helen, of ing
l. whom he knew nothing. Who was she =? glad
: Was she Miss or Mrs? His heart con. her
1liSS as ne admitted the possibility of the emily
~ SGt = t,; ~ At Of Mrs. woul
III n''er 'l'!e' ne cou'a of course but 49,;
in the meantime he was LOST bon =,
isnOianoe' compare turned
eh Helen fair, beyondA % hon.L nervor
Would he ever know more snero,a f.. she fo
he knew? He made one de ~ FL. nj he was
to discover her identity an ef1royo H., -, The III
ed in dismal failure. Fate oentIeman " him oil
to a respectable mddle-aged IS who raol;n and sp
his own (present) rank of lAod;ooo,. Ill tened
ing gracefully against an Gara I'll w." a., "All
smoked the peaceful pipe. was b;d the X
life had been told that nothing mon h;n, resounC
from servants, and the idea grew im some4 was de-
that perhaps this man might tell ~ nart;c of any
thing of the family residing in thbch the was lon
ular house in Park-lane, from present
lovely Helen had descended. obor,, on the
He made himself very specially s;nntns so engr
ing to the respectable for five ont;ra sleeping
or SO, during which he sustained t. -: state of
conversation, the respectable mntlr afs oblige
engrossed with the pipe, and eY rasc,,,oJ more ST
taciturq disposition. He was Daro ,nhn 49, emily he
indeed, that he quite won odbis stote 81 with an
thought him modest, and for kI;m;nor;o. ment
life, refined. After few pr5pew VII blendin:
therefore, he asked him if he ip.rI L. there W;
lived in such and such hous - - -. ness in
The refined man had now discover cd II all
of his pipe and, as Sir DudR tbon bo haJ There h
was more equal to CONVERSELY from the
before supposed. was ligh
oRlest If d. ~ said bo Deyan1 'ne TACT that serI
Dies u w. ea,u nef Reason of ask He bsca
in'p Soft on ParIor or OSie, en- his glove
Sir Dudley moved AVA an and tbot tba ana that
himself he had been mist ana tnat the at all eve
non had vorv had ers' ana ne re- of the We
man nao very paa naapany one else No, freak If
no would trust n cham 10 reveal her TO wild mon
him. hit he ever snent was as al u
:, IL was tne longest hey would ever get iT'm q
he wondered WhetneE ured himself 1t was said ha;r
tired of dancing, and bace bimsefp snob sala, nelr
the last time ne Thought bitterly of bIy ans
a Predleament httaying powers when before
Mrs Irevennns fner that suited her, ri an,
she had found pSould he safe 10 moot ;, am
ana OF now oonniEiven an isolated spot dent dist,
Carlton there an ould straghtway forget moments
IN Conservatory ortant thing as Time sat mn e.
that such an uEF SAT up ig
existed. ~, yo9 Anoci
Nae she t9a-s Pshaw He die
:, anu lieie9 lay. lie would not be- ardor this
spae WY Mat mlght yet have chance as she wal
leve nut that fune with her, He could That distr
y Iytps ms Poe, 1t was love at first He felt all
not forget hefible attack of it, He had away at Il
ssnVlanu an Idea when other men fixed on Il
sneered at n as being not only possible the hat
had spokentnd now make him
but probabHelen of Troy Pooh he fatal ikep
Helen that Old World beauty could Mrs. Trey,
didn't belly ndle to this modern Venus big hat we
have helqbg excited over the question, concealing
ne was friendly person cried aloud for If he taile